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Startups

Vesta raises $30M to bring swarms of agents to mortgage lenders | TechCrunch

Vesta, an AI-native software startup that helps lenders originate mortgages, announced on Thursday that it raised a $30...

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In Brief

a16z-backed EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation to $4B | TechCrunch

AI startup EliseAI announced on Tuesday that it has raised $350 million at a $4 billion valuation, double...

Little Umbrella team members Tim Johnson (left), Tabish Ahmed, Sean Webster (right)
Gaming

Little Umbrella’s next Jackbox-style game pits you and your friends against an AI game show host  | TechCrunch

Web-based party games are making a comeback, now with the infusion of generative AI. Among the startups joining...

Image of Mark Goldberg (left), Kristina Shen (middle) and Ethan Kurzweil (right), the founders of Chemistry.
In Brief

VC firm Chemistry is raising $500M for its second fund | TechCrunch

Chemistry Ventures, the VC firm launched two years ago by Bessemer, Index Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz alums, is...

AI

Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z | TechCrunch

Travis Kalanick’s robotics company, Atoms, has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ben...

Marc Andreessen, co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, speaks during the 2015 Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The forum gathers Global 500 CEO's and innovators, builders, and technologists from some of the most dynamic, emerging companies all over the world to facilitate relationship building at the highest levels. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
In Brief

a16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fund | TechCrunch

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has expanded its fifth growth fund to $8.5 billion. That means the firm...

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In Brief

a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’ | TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new “Machine Age” fund with $1.1 billion raised. The firm’s aim with the...

In this photo illustration, the a16z (Andreessen Horowitz) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.
Government & Policy

Will the DOJ’s investigation into a16z spook other VCs? | TechCrunch

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a16z partner Gabriel Vasquez
Venture

For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage | TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz has made headlines for its American dynamism thesis, but a U.S. passport is no requirement. According...